1. No One Left to Come Looking for You, Sam Lipsyte

2. Defending Jacob, William Landay

3. What Are You Going Through, Sigrid Nunez

4. The Magician, Colm Toibin

5. The Aspern Papers, Henry James

6. The Dead Lagoon, Michael Didbin

7. The Midcoast, Adam White

8. Life is Everywhere, Lucy Ives

9. This Other Eden, Paul Harding

10. The Quiet Tenant, Clemence Michallon

11. Man of the Year, Caroline Louise Walker

12. Nobody Move, Denis Johnson

13. My Last Innocent Year, Daisy Alpert Florin

14. In a Lonely Place, Dorothy B. Hughes

15. Pet Sematary, Stephen King

16. The Writing Retreat, Julie Bartz

17. Hell of a Book, Jason Mott

18. Those Who Walk Away, Patricia Highsmith

19. Users, Colin Winnette

20. An Expendable Man, Dorothy B. Hughes

21. Biography of X, Catherine Lacey

22. The Unfamiliar Garden, Benjamin Percy

23. Enduring Love, Ian McEwan

24. The Blinds, Adam Sternbergh

25. The Paper Men, William Golding

26. Disorientation, Elaine Hsieh Chou

27. Trust, Hernan Diaz

28. The Boy Who Followed Ripley, Patricia Highsmith

29. The Body Lies, Jo Baker

30. Shovel Ready, Adam Sternbergh

31. The Guest, Emma Cline